Does the smoke alarm cause sensory problems in your house?

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My smoke alarm actually beeps loudly at regular intervals when the temperature gets low enough in my house (every morning during the winter) and for the first month, I thought I was going to go crazy (I did change batteries but I never attempted to replace it) and then, eventually, I grew accustomed to it. An ordinary fire alarm going off, still drives me NUTS but I've become so desensitized to the regular chirping, that now, I feel pretty content around it.

Smoke alarms irritate me to no end. I thought I'd be over it by now, but I'm not.

Once mine went off at night for no reason,talk about a panic attack!! !
I hate them but I heat with wood and I'm forgetful about things cooking so they are a must have for me.Mine goes off if I leave the oven door open too long but I don't dare take the batteries out because I'll forget to put them back in.Once I went outside and forgot I had eggs boiling,they boiled dry and burned,the smell was AWFUL and it lingered for days.I burn candles also and once I chucked the t.v. remote down on the table and went into the kitchen,out of the corner of my eye I saw something blaze up,it was the remote,it had slid and landed on the lit candle(a little tea light in a holder).The remote still worked even after catching on fire and then being doused with water.Plus it would take the volunteer fire dept. about 30 mnts to get here.

speaking of stuff catching on fire my mom melted the front of our rice cooker by placing it too close to a burner.

The smoke alarm only upsets me when I've got to walk under it, because I'm always afraid I might be caught under it when it goes off. It's so loud that I can't even walk under it when it's already going off, and usually I'm not so agitated when walking past something that is already making a loud noise. It's just being startled that I don't like at all.

I've always wished things were more revolved around light than noise. I know some Aspies (unlike me) have sensory issues with light, but at least lights can't startle you and make you jump. Often at school I always wished a special light of an unusual colour like say, pink, lightened up, not enough to offend people with Epilepsy, but was visible enough to give light to the room, even on a bright day, which then lets you know that it's time for lunch or time for going home or whatever, rather than using bells. I'd much prefer that! I mean, aren't loud sudden noises offensive to those with heart problems and pace-makers? Just thought about that....

Yes I hate fire alarms and smoke detectors when they go off but at-least that doesn't happen too often. The thing that's really causing sensory issues for me in my house is my f'ing heater......it's a new unit and it's SO loud....it never shuts up!

My flat has linked fire alarms in each room, in the kitchen there is a heat alarm (which will only set off the system if the temperature under the alarm rises significantly [ie something is wrong]), the other have ionising smoke alarms. If my kitchen door is open it is possible to set off the ionising smoke alarm in the hall when cooking in the kitchen.

I tend to ignore alarms (previous jobs have required me to have duties in evacuations).

Yes, but in the apartment I am in now, the smoke alarm hasn't gone off yet, which is good.

No.

Our smoke detector goes off each time I use the grill (and I don't burn food). It's in the dining room, well away from the kitchen. My daughter screams and runs away. My husband broke a light once, when he was using a towel to wave the 'smoke' away from the detector. He says the we have the wrong type of detector installed. It should be a less sensitive type.

Our building has a monthly fire alarm test. It last for about five minutes. I have to go stand on the balcony while it's going off.

I don't have problems with it going off, I just have problems with loud noises that are continuous and won't stop. But yeah, i want to bash ours in with an aluminum bat, then shoot it with a phaser to vaporize it (trekker here) lol.